This part of the comment made by ljijijs(weird name)is very illustrative of how Brazilian fascists work, and the kind of state they would like to see in place:

"There is a new corruption scandal every day. The latest involves - believe it or not - a woman called Rose who was an extra marital affair of president"

Lets assume this is all true, that police investigations discovered a corruption scandal involving a lover of former president Lula. In that case, what we have is the Brazilian state investigating the private life of a citizen and then leaking its details to the press. What kind of police state is this, in which citizens have their privacy violated in such a manner?

I don´t know if Lula and this woman are lovers or not, but I strongly repudiate that my tax money be spent investigating the private life of a fellow Brazilian, specially to be used by political purposes.

On the other hand, this kind of accusation is not new, the investigations concerning the Cachoeira mob revealed that this kind of empty accusation was the modus operandi of his criminal organization, in association with the Brazilian press, right-wing politicians and sectors of the judiciary.

Take the case of Erenice Guerra, assistant of then candidate Dilma Roussef. In the weeks previous to the presidential elections, the same thing happened, accusations of corruption against Erenice, insinuations that Erenice and Dilma were lovers(by the way, the fact that Dilma was a woman was deeply explored by people like ljijijs during the campaign, an article of the newspaper Folha de São Paulo even place a picture of then candidate Dilma and senator Marta Suplicy under headlines saying "Sluts", that is the kind of opposition practiced by the Brazilian right.

Needless to say, as events developed(AFTER the elections, of course)it was shown that all accusations against Erenice were false, and she was absolved of everything. But by then, elections were over, and Dilma was elected, despite of the defamation campaign carried out by the opposition.

The Cachoeira investigation showed that this was their method, came up with accusations, close to elections or directed against specific people, and make a big fuzz out of it, since, by the time they would be found out to be false, they would already have achieved their objectives. In Brazil, this happens all the time.

And even the government doesn't want to talk about the crimes, where is Dilma? Where is Lula? Why doesn't he go to TV and give interviews to protect "the innocent" instead of keep running away from little reporters and hiding all the time with the tail between his legs? Where is PT, the party in power? Dirceu just lost their support against the STF, if they are believers like you, are they a bunch of chickens or what?
If PT really believes their gangsters are innocent, I've never seen cowards like that in my life.

Lula's silence is by far the ultimate proof that crimes really happened.

Netto S.:"ow, but wait a minute, the "entire Brazilian press" is against the government, they will manipulate the interviews for the poor people."

Great, are the entire World press against Lula?? Cuba press included??

Haha, keep trying, believer...

ps.: by the way, if you love those gangsters that much, bake cakes to them and deliver them in prison. Dirceu might love the "mobile flavor", since he claims that he wants to "keep the fight going" while in prison, showing that he still loves to keep ignoring laws, since he wants to break the most basic rule in prison.

I think he's arguing that your defence of corrupt Brazilian politicians by suggesting that there is a fascist conspiracy is pathetic, because the facts of the case suggest otherwise. I happen to agree. It think he's laughing at you because your comments are, well, are laughable. I happen to agree.

I guess this fascist conspiracy is the work of FGV, Datafolha, and other institutes that have shown how the majority of Brazilians really feel about the behavior of the judiciary and the media during this mensalao trial.

I guess many legal specialists, like Dalmo Dallari and Luiz Flavio Gomes, who have pointed out the serious flwas in the process, along with serious violations of fundamental rights by the supreme court(being a matter of concern in the Brazilian society, there was even a manifesto of intelletuals agains the violations of fundamental rights by the supreme court)are also part of this conspiracy.

The only ones telling the truth are the unbiased Brazilian media, formed by a small oligopoly of corporate companies, historically involved in coup attempts, collaboration with the dictatorship and unorthodox business(to say the least)with top Brazilian politicians, specially during the dictatorship and the privatization process during president Cardoso´s mandate.

Supreme judge Gilmar Mendes, who is currently negotiating with PSDB and DEM to run for governor in the state of Mato Grosso, is another example of an impartial judge of the mensalao trial.

FGV, a very important research center in Brazil, has shown that, during the mensalão trial, the confidence of Brazilians on the judiciary has dropped from 41% to 39%, which contradicts the wishful thinking present in The Economist article. In the same period, Datafolha, an institute linked to the newspaper Folha de São Paulo(the main newspaper in Brazil)has shown that the percentage of Brazilians who do not trust the press have skyrocketed, increasing by 10 points, reaching almost 30%.

As the Brazilian saying goes, "a mentira tem pernas curtas".

Reading the posts in this topic, it is clear that the Brazilian fascists, people who miss the dictatorship years, when people like Dirceu and Genoino could be arrested, tortured(as they were)and killed, are devout readers of The Economist, which speaks volumes of the political leanings of this publication.

Because they defend a fascist state, a state where the private life of citizens is investigated by the police, where members of the parliament can be arrested without the consent of Congress, where the most basic rights can be ignored by truly inquisitional tribunals.

An interesting update on minister Joaquim Barbosa, who seems to be very concerned about the firing of a group supreme judges in Honduras, apparently involved in the "judiciary coup" that overthrew democratically elected president Zelaya.

Hahaha! Yes that's right. The Economist is a fascist publication and its readers are all fascists because we think it's good that corrupt politicians in Brazil are being brought to justice. You just have take to look at history to see how incredibly fascist the British people are and always have been:

41 to 39. Margin of error? Does not look very different.
30% do not trust the press, which means 70% trust the press?
Mr. Netto probably is a paid hand from the PT as shown by the lack of logic reasoning and poor literacy.

Margin of error?Which means that, in the next poll(FGV carries them out every three months)the approval ratings will be higher?

For the Datafolha poll, only 20% of people said they trust the press, the majority said they trust "a little bit", and 30%(from previous 20%, before the shameful manipulation of the mensalao trial)do not trust the press. The most important point is that the level of distrust Braziians have on the press have skyrocketed during the mensalão converage, which shows how most Brazilians highly disapprove how the press convered the trial.

I would also prefer they were not prosecuted by someone who is having his ethics questioned by members of the Supreme Court, like prosecutor Roberto Gurgel, who has a lot to explain(and is working very hard to evade the questions about his conduct being raised in the Congress)about his condtc and that of his wife(believe it or not, she is the assistant prosecutor, indicated by her husband, that is right, the two top prosecutors in Brazil are husband and wife)on the investigations of the Cachoeira criminal organization, specially in relation to the parts concenring impeached senator Demostenes Torres, of the party DEM(former PFL, allied to PSDB).

"Because they defend a fascist state, a state where the private life of citizens is investigated by the police, where members of the parliament can be arrested without the consent of Congress, where the most basic rights can be ignored by truly inquisitional tribunals."

So, what about Lula and Dilma's and PT defense of Fidel, Chavez and other asshats?

They all do exactly what you accuse the "fascist state" does.

Seems like you don't have a lot of historical perspective in your arguments.

People are getting tired of this 'left x right' argument which Dirceu and most PT members love. Do you consider people like Sarney, Maluf, Temer, Renan Calheiros and Jader Barbalho left-wingers? And who are fascists? Presumably, the Supreme Court, right? Get over it, whenever someone criticises Lula or a PT politician, they start throwing the same old rubbish: 'It's a coup! You are a fascist! You hate Lula because he comes from a poor background! You miss the military regime!'. Come on, if you can't deal with criticism and opposition, who is the fascist here? Do you think Lula or the PT can do no wrong? We no longer live in an absolutist state where the king can do no wrong, so drop your old, lame argument and let the police and the prosecutors do their job.

Dila is not president of Venezuela or Cuba, just as she is not the president of the USA(a big violator of human rights in the world over), it is not her business to intervene on the internal matters of those countries. Lula receive Chavez and Fidel in Brazil, just like he received president Bush.

The official position of the Brazilian government regarding human rights is that the UN should elaborate annual reports for ALL COUNTRIES, and not to single out only the countries who are not in agreement with US interests. I agree with this position, human rights should be observed everywhere, not only in Cuba and Venezuela.

However, the main violator of human rights in the Americas is Colombia, where the opposition is murdered and then buried in mass graves, I don´t think we will see you complaining, right?

It's a overstatement to say that the Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) of Lula is the largest criminal organization in the country. The Lula government has federal police more efficient, and unlike its predecessors, did not interfered with public supervisers organs like PRG. The proof is that the judges of the Supreme Court STF and PRG (they are judging the Mensalao) were nominated by Lula and Dilma. Greater transparency and oversight allowed by the governments of the PT are the real reason greatest discovery of corruption cases. In previous administrations, corruption was also huge, but it was not discovered, and PRG nominated by the government not proceeded with complaints against the government.

I agree with you. It would be quite a miracle if the "PT Era" of Lula and Dilma was really the most corrupt and criminal government in Brazil's History, as some insist, at the very same time Brazil started to gain better positions in the Transparency International ranking of perception of corruption and the institutions that largely depend on how the Federal Government is willing to let them work are becoming more functional and effective in their fight against wrongdoers (the Federal Police, the Supreme Court formed by judges nominated by the President him/herself, the PGR etc.). I don't believe in "political miracles", and the fact is that the PT administration has been marred by corruption and inefficiency just like every other governments in Brazil and elsewhere in the emerging world, but it is undeniable all the democratic and investigative insitutions have been working much better under the PT than under the previous governments. I don't think it may be only due to the PT itself, but at the least that party and government hasn't impeded the flourishing of institutions as previous powerful politicians and governments (the fact that almost all the judges nominated by Lula and Dilma voted against PT's interests clearly show they chose judges that are independent enough from political ties with those who favored them).

Most politicians in Brazil are corrupt selling favors, jobs, land concessions, whatever. In turn, they get kickbacks. Look to the old timers like Sarney and examine how rich they became over the years from such trafficking. The same applies to Lula, his family and associates. Joaquim Barbosa and the Brazilian Supreme Court are to be congratulated but remains to be seen if new maneuvers from corrupt politicians will in effect make a new pizza. Corruption such as these are a form of genocide depriving millions of socioeconomic opportunities. Civil societies and governments go OECD countries should enact measures to impose sanctions in countries where government corruption and impunity prevail, such as in Brazil.

The popular saying "God writes right over askew lines" has been confirmed in the "mensalão" case.
Ministro Barbosa the process writer and main piece of it was indicated to the Brazilian High Court ("STF") by Lula due to his very high qualification, poor origin and for being black - the first black man ever to reach the highest Brazilian Justice Court position as Minister and now its President.
Despite his acute attitude during the whole process and what may come out forward he has already marked our brazilian history and we all hope the politicians behavior shall never be as before.

I just believe in justice when José Dirceu and friends are locked and rotting in a filthy cage. These famous PT leaders are all getting so old, soon they will all be very dead, and thats is the real great improvement to Brazil.
How pathetic is to end you shameful life inside a cage? Don´t feel sorry, they deserve that and their Godfather, Lula, should be inside a cage too. But you know what, I won´t be that sad if Lula and the other gang members don´t go to prison. Yesterday Lula was bragging about that, saying "they didn't catch me when I didn't have my beard, imagine if they will get me now that its growing back again".
Ow, smart boy, he got game, he got skills. What about the caged "companheiros", they must be real fools, according to Lula's ways.
Well, you can grow your beard and wash it with the most expensive shampoo ever sold, travel first class only, go to all VIP parties all around the world, cause envy to Paris Hilton, but there is one thing you can´t do, you can´t change the pitiful life of the ones inside that filthy cage, they will be watching your moves, thinking and knowing who's the main responsible for that situation, at the end of their lives. You can't fix that just bringing souvenirs from your party all night all day life.
Thats not to talk about the "new communist generation", take a look where Fernando Haddad(elected the greatest Brazilian city mayor 2 months ago) is hanging out right now till the next year, he's in Estrela D'Agua, one of the most expensive and fancy elite resorts in the Northeast(Trancoso is a "elite paulistano territory" in the state of Bahia) , a place famous for being the multi-millionaires(construction companies, huge Corporations CEOs) favorite resort:

Take a look Dirceu, hope Lula call his pupil and ask him to bring you some of that sand, in a mayonnaise glass, so you can smell it in your cage when you want to know how your "companheiros" life smells like.

We (the brazilians) all know that they will NOT spend time on jail.
Perhaps a couple of weeks, if there´s a best case scenario. After that, Toffoli or some other crook will let them free based on our laws
So, the case will run for ever, then, Dirceu will be 70 yrs old and than set free. Case closed.
To be fair no matter if you are PT, PSDB or PP (Maluf is a "by the book" example). There is no jail. End of story.

How can we explain our laws to someone not from here? You can kill but if its your first murder, you might not go to the jail. It is a fact.
Just have an address, a job and a good lawyer that´s all you need.
Or even worst, you kill someone, accept the fact but takes more than 10 years to face jail time and after a couple of years serving time you are free.

The only way you would face a long jail time is if you fulfill the 3 P rule. Poor, Preto (black) and Prostitute. If so, be prepared. Jail is waiting for you.

This article was written by someone who obviously knows nothing of what happened, or is purposely trying to mislead its readers.

There was no proof whatsoever on the involvement of Jose Dirceu and others in the so called mensalao scandal, prosecutor Gurgel said so in his ridiculous accusation piece, saying that ~there was no proof, becase the organized crime leaves no proof". The inconsistencies and flaws are widely acknowledged by many experts in legal issues, being a matter of concern in the Brazilian society, even having a group of intellectuals publishing a manifesto expressing their concerns over the true exceptional tribunal implemented by the Braziian political right, with support from the corporate media.

The mensalao case refers to the slush fund commonly kept by Brazilian political parties during elections. The mensalão slush fund was organized by the company of Marcos Valerio, who started working for Brazilian political parties during the 90s, when he worked for PSDB during Fernando Henrique Cardoso presidential campaign. The Economist "forgot" to mention this detial, also that the PSDB mensalao scandal is receving a totally different treatment from the Brazilian judiciary, allowing the accused a series of privileges denied to the people involved in the PT mensalao, and not judging the case, even though it began long before than the PT mensalao, in the hope that those crimes will prescribe. The main accused in the PSDB mensalao case is Eduardo Azeredo, former president of PSDB during Fernando Henrique Cardoso presidential campaign.

The PT mensalao case was marked by serious violations on the due legal process, many specialists have noted that this process is likely to be reversed in the American Court of Human Rights, which brought the wrath of minister Joaquim Barbosa, who said he wouldn´t admit to have his decisions analyzed by the American Court of Human Rights.

More recently, until carrying the momentum provided by the arbitrary mensalao trial(something Brazilians haven´t seen since the dictatorship years)the Brazilian Supreme Court decided they have the right to revoke the mandate of members of the Brazilian Congress, initiating an institutional crisis still underway.

The Economist article is incorrect and biased, much more a product of this publication political leanings than good journalism.

It is unbelievable as PT activists lie in any language!!
The person who wrote this comment is the one who is taking advantage of the understandable lack of information overseas about Brazilian politics.
The mensalao was an elaborate scam created by PT to take over Brazilian Parliament as an institution. Justice was well served and there was an abundance of evidence against the defendants.
As a matter of fact what this infamous party is doing in Brazil is marching fast in the direction of a totalitarian regimen, following in the footsteps of Chavez and Fidel, who are their role models.
PT has been winning election after election in Brazil because the Country has enjoyed some increase in equality due to economical growth, which is pretty much based on international commodities trade and economical and political stability - the later was the great achievement of FHC. Lula expropriated it and has portrayed himself as the big savior of our beloved country.
The positive international scenario is changing and PT's incompetence is becoming quite apparent - they have turned the entire government into a branch of the party with strategic posts filled by politicians and used as currency with other parties to keep their hold to power. The strategy has changed as paying off the parliament proved a wrong move.
This is slowly taking its toll and with the international tide changing Brazil is falling behind when compared with other emerging countries. There is a new corruption scandal every day. The latest involves - believe it or not - a woman called Rose who was an extra marital affair of president Lula, who had Special Passport and traveled with the President in any Official trip - as long as his wife was not present. Due to her "professional skills" she had a high rank job and ended up forming an new gang inside the government, taking advantage of her position.
This is what is really happening in Brazil - it is ruled by an incompetent left wing autocratic government. This decision by the Supreme Court is a breath of fresh air which, however, probably will have little impact on the general picture, as the political situation above is unlikely to change in the short term..

FGV, an important reserach institute in Brazil, has shown that the confidence of Brazilians on the judiciary has dropped during the mensalao trial, from 41% to 39%. Datafolha, an institute linked to the newspaper Folha de São Paulo(notorious for its strong opposition to the Workers Party, going to the point of publishing a false document regarding then candidate Dilma Roussef, in the week previous to the last presidential election)has shown that the percentage of Brazilians who distrust the media have skyrocketed during the mensalao trial, increasing by 10 points, reaching almost 30%.

Lets not forget that, even though the mensalao trial was purposely set to coincide with the 2012 municipal elections, Lula´s party was the big winner of those elections, becoming, for the first time, the biggest party in Brazil, and winning in the main city, São Paulo.

PT becoming the biggest party in Brazil, less confidence on the judiciary and the media, that is the true perspective Brazilians hold on the scam that was the mensalao trial, carried out in complete disrespect of the due process of law, a scam set up by the Brazilian right.

Another important event of 2012 was the Cachoeira case, which the Brazilian media, for obvious reasons, did everything it could to conceal from the public eye. It turns out that Cachoeira(a mobster from the state of Goias)has a criminal organization articulated with Brazilian right-wing parties(PSDB and DEM), the judiciary and the Brazilian media, specially the magazine Veja, linked to the Abril Group, a huge media conglomerate in Brazil.

It turns out that all the evidence against the wrong-doings of senator Demostenes Torres of the party DEM(strong oppositor of Lula)with the Cachoeira mob, has been kept concealed from the public by prosecutor Roberto Gurgel(the same one who accused PT in the mensalao trial)for 3 years, allowing Cachoeira and his gang to keep their criminal activities going. The investigation also shown that Cachoeira had strong ties with governor Marconi Perillo, of PSDB, and the Brazioian media, specially the magazine Veja, who worked along with Cachoeira to help him pursue his criminal enterprises.

Unfortunately, people believe that the Supreme Court has many proofs about accusation of buying parliamentary votes. There are 8 years the media is talking this lie to the brazilian people. If you ask where are the proofs, no one answers. Where are the proofs?

This trial was a little victory for transparency and democracy in Brazil. It is a pity that many, many more cases of corruption and robbery of the public money is going on now, and it will be more difficult to catch the criminals. They are very organized and pay the media well.

The leadership role played by Justice Joaquim Barbosa did not surprise me at all. A nice surprise was the fact that most of his STF fellows agreed with his courageous decisions.

Most of the Supreme Court's justices likely believe that political corruption in Brazil is not endemic. Endemic is dengue. Corruption in Brazil is systemic: well planned, programmed, coordinated and implemented by gangs led by well-known politicians. The corruption madness entails more than method; there is system in it, feedback included.

Brazil's STF sent a clear message to the many crooks that dominate politics in Brazil: don't take impunity for granted. Part of the Brazilian media, not yet financially manipulated by state-owned enterprises, was not intimidated by the old-style politicians and their minions, and offered the STF considerable support.

If Lula is such a sly "political fox" (as they say here in Brazil), how come - it turns out - he was surrounded THE WHOLE TIME he held office with the most despicable, lowly, corrupt characters, that included his closest associates (going back years)? Logic commands that: either he's not the cunning politician they claim he is - and hence, he's terribly stupid - or the man is hiding something.

The fact is, throughout the Worker's Party reign and folly, we got used to seeing a slew of - at best - doubtful political practices Brazilians weren't really used to seeing since the Military junta headed the Federal Government in the 70s and 80s: politics tailored to favor some industrial sectors over others, inexplicable tax breaks to Lula's supporters (e.g., in the computer assembly sector, telephony, oil, etc.), and people getting wealthy very quickly (e.g., Delta construction firm, etc.).

Lucky Lula sailed the winds of China during his term. Brazil's poor and disenfranchised voters, obliged by law to go to the urns to place their vote are totally clueless to the evils of the Worker's Party government. In many ways, Lula's and Dilma's terms are a trip to the past.

CERTAINLY A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. HOWEVER, MUCH REMAINS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED TO ESTABLISH THE RULE OF LAW IN BRAZIL. ALTHOUGH THEY WERE CONDEMNED BY THE SUPREME COURT, UNBELIEVABLY THEY CAN APPEAL!!! ADDITIONALLY, THEY ARE NOT REALLY GOING TO STAY IN JAIL. FOR MOST OF THEIR SENTENCE THEY WILL ONLY HAVE TO REPORT AT NIGHT. LIKELY THEY WILL GO FREE ONCE THE HEAT DISSIPATES AND NEW CORRUPTION SCANDALS TAKE PRECEDENCE.IS BRAZIL A JOKE OR WHAT? BESIDES MENSALAO THERE ARE MANY CORRUPTION SCHEMES SUCH AS THE LULA'S LOVER, ROSEMARY, SELLING GOVERNMENT POSITIONS AND FAVORS, DELTA/CAVENDISH/CACHOEIRA CASE STEALING BILLIONS FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND DONATING TO PT AND OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES AND ON AND ON. BRAZILIAN POLITICIANS ARE LIKELY THE MOST CORRUPT IN THE WORLD AND CONTINUE TO BE ELECTED BY ILLITERATES DEPENDENT OF GOVERNMENT HAND OUTS AND EUPHORIC DOPE SUCH AS WORLD CUP AND CARNIVAL

Finally, something good in this country, where corruption is endemic. That was just the beginning. It's time to learn the Brazilians to vote, leaving out those corrupt Parliament.
Paulo Fidelis, Brasília, Brazil.

The Mensalão trial was of course a very important development, but as others pointed out, it's very unfortunate that true head of the scheme, Lula, was not indicted. It's completely absurd to suppose that the main beneficiary of the corruption scheme - Lula - knew nothing about it. It's preposterous to imagine that his top aides would risk their necks in an illegal scheme to benefit Lula without even getting his OK. He is clearly guilty.

Unfortunately, the fools in the opposition believed it would be too traumatic to impeach him, and the fools at the MP believed he was too popular to be touched (as if such thing can exist under the rule of law). In fact that's the thesis that is being put forward right now by all the paid commentators who constantly defend Lula and the PT from everything (they'll show up in this post too, just wait): they say Lula is loved by the people and thus above the law. Goes to show their understanding of the law.

Actually 'PT' means Professional Thieves.
It began using the legend Workers Party, but President Lula created a very complex corruption plan called "Mensalao", that became the greatest case of corruption in Brazilian history. This complex plan intended to make possible to PT never to loose its power by creating politic aliances by using public money.
We are very happy that Joaquim Barbosa (Minister of Higher Federal Court ) did not get afraid to condemn powerful politicians.

Thank you for the article. This is the signal that the world is discovering our country: the Big Brazil. Our media was always censured for the corrupt government of PT (Workers Party). There isn't PT, there is Slaves Party because its militants only work making terrorism and provocating disorder in our country. The Government protect all bandits, thieves, murderers and corrupt politics. Hope you don't forget that our country is falling to the big hole coming from socialism, as Cuba and Venezuela. We need help and only you can do that.

The big truth is, were the condemned from the Brazilian elite, it would all have ended in pizza one more time. But these men are leftists and middle-classers, so for them the strict letter of the law must apply.

Nordo,
Although I can understand your views based on what, traditionally, have been the Brazilian view of the rule of law of "to friends, everything; to enemies, the law!"(para os amigos, tudo; para os inimigos, a lei!), I reckon the Brazilian "Supreme Federal Court" ("STF", in Portuguese) got it right this time.

Brazil lacks the rule of law when the criminals are white collar regardless of party or anything and I am actually happy to see that there are still judges left in the country with enough courage to place these crooks behind bars for a long time. We can just wish that it permeates to other crimes and other legal processes and, one day - who knows? - we, expatriated Brazilians who left the country for, among other reasons, the corruption, actually consider moving back and raising a family there, like our forefathers?

Finally, let us not forget that Joaquim Barbosa, a member of the working class, a poor boy who's ticket to a better life was education, was pointed by the Lula administration and there was an expectation that he would look the other way when the matter was finally judged. It is almost poetic if you ask me that a black man who worked his way up through education can someday judge Lula, a white-man who worked his way up in life through corruption while posing as a representative of the Brazilian people.

This whole process lacked the rule of law, from the beginning to the end, getting to the point where people were convicted without proof(just read prosecutor Gurgel´s accusation piece), passing by the misuse of the "teoria do domínio de fato", developed so the poeple who ordered crimes would not get lighter sentences than the ones who carried it out, and not to convict people without proof, on the assumption that "he must have known", as was the case with Jose Dirceu.

As you well know, the mensalao of PSDB is receiving a totally different treatment from the Supreme Court, so much so that, even though it is older than the PT mensalao, it has not yet been finished, nor do they have any perspective when it will be concluded, most likely those crimes will prescribe.

Prosecutor Gurgel is also known for not presenting accusations against right-wing politicians, like former senator Demostenes Torres, of DEM, involved with the organized crime, whose case was held back by mr. Gurgel for three years.